Display apparatus.



No. 850,243. PATENTEDAPR, 16. 19o?.

' w. A. MOKBNY..

DISPLAY APPARATUS, APPLIATIOH FILED JUNE 2, 1906,`

WITNESSES. NVENTUR,.- @www hmh( WILLIAM A. MCKENY, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DISPLAY APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1e, i907.

'Application nea rune 2,1906. serai No. 319,326.

To L7/Z whom t 711,041/ con/cerro:

gBe it known that I, WILLIAM A. MOKENY, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented. a certain new and useful. Improvement in Display Apparatus, ofwhich. the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

The obj ect of this invention is to provide a very simple and efficientdevice for holding in convenient displayed form a large number ofpackages so arranged that the removal of any package destroys it,preventing it being reinstated in the dis lay apparatus.

The invention inc udes a support, several sets of packages, (there beinga number of packages in each set with overlapping edges,) and means forsecuring the sets to the support so that when any package is removed itis torn.

The invention is more fully hereinafter described ,and its essentialcharacteristics set -out in the claims.

The drawings clearly illustrate the mvention and show it' as applied toan easel-board, to which are held packages in the form of envelopsplaced in piles one upon the other.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device complete. Fig. 2 is anenlarged view of a portion of the board and one envelop and its securingmeans. Fig. 3 is a view of the envelop after being removed..

Referring to the parts by numerals, l. represents the board, which maybe a solid piece of wood andzis shown as supported in a diagonalposition by a suitable wire bail 2.

The envelops are indicated by 3. They are placed in piles on the boardand are there held by cross-rods 4 and staples 5. Additional staples 6beyond the edges of the cnvelops further insure the wires being held inplace. The wires 4, extending across the envelops, as shown, hold themproperly in place.

Fig. l shows four piles of envelo s side by side all held by 011e wire4. Eaclli staple 5 not onl y holds the wire in place, but passes througheach envelop of the set beneath it, so that when any envelop is removedit is torn and cannot be returned to the apparatus for subsequent. use.The contents of the envelop, which depends upon the use toA which theenvelop is put, is Indicated by the dotted lines 7 in Fig. 2.

Fig. l of the drawings shows the envelops arranged in piles of three,four piles being placed beneath each wire, there being six wires On theboard. This is purely illustrative, however, and any convenient numberof envelopsmay be in a pile and there may be any convenienty number ofpiles and corresponding wires.

It will be noticed that in each set of envelops the under ones areplaced with their upper edges projecting farther than the envelops infront of them, so that it is easy to take hold of any envelop. Moreover,each set of envelops overlaps the set just above it, whereby all thefasteningdevices except the lower one are hidden from view. A very neatappearance is thus obtained as well as a very compact display-board.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. In a display apparatus,the combination of a support, a series of packages thereon, a rodextending across such packages and securing means engaging the rod andpassing throu h the packages into the support.

2. In a display apparatus, the combination of a support, a series ofpackages thereon, a rod extending across such packages, and staplespassing across the rod through the packages into the support.

3. In a display apparatus, the combination of a supporting-board, aseries of crossbars secured thereto, several sets of Asuperimposedpackages beneath each cross-bar, and means for securing each package sothat its removal breaks the package.

4. In a display apparatus, the combination of a supporting-board, aseries of crossrods fastened thereto on the face thereof, a series ofsets of packages, each set extending beneath one ofsaid cross-rods, andstaples for each set passin across the corresponding rod and through althe packages of the set.

5. The combination of a supp orting-board, a series of parallelcross-rods on the face thereof, a series of sets of envelops, each setextending beneath one of said cross-rods, and staples for each setpassing across the corresponding rods and through all the envelops ofthe set, each set of envelops having its individuals projecting beyondthose thereabove, whereby all are conveniently accessible. l

6. The combination of a supporting-board, a series of parallelcross-rods fastened thereto on the face thereof, a series of sets ofenvelops, each set extending beneath one of said TOO IIO

In testirnony whereof I hereunto :affix my signature 1n the presence oftwo Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. MCKENY.

Witnesses E ALBERT H. BATES,

G. A. MYERS.

